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Empty temple courtyard paved with reddish-brown brick, with a long diagonal crack running across the floor. A row of carved stone pillars with ornate capitals lines the right side under a yellow-ochre wall and terracotta-topped roof. Straight ahead, a stone-walled pavilion with a domed roof leads to a covered hall. In the background rises a tall gopuram tower wrapped in scaffolding, with a smaller ornate shrine tower to the left under a bright sky. A single distant figure in white clothing stands near the pillars on the right. Stone lions or sculptures sit on the roofline.

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May 22 20122012-05-22September 18 20062006-09-18Photograph of an old stone temple courtyard with weathered carved pillars and a low brick-red tiled roof along the left and centre. Two white-clad figures stand in a doorway near a stone well with a rope, and a shrine tower with stepped spires rises at the right beneath a hazy sky. Palm trees and a large tree sit behind the yellow compound wall, and a scaffolded gopuram appears at the far right edge.2012-05-22Exterior view of a stone temple complex with an open paved courtyard on the left and a long carved granite wall on the right, decorated with pilasters and mouldings. Two tall gopuram towers rise in the background, one under scaffolding, against a pale overcast sky. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears in the frame.2012-05-22August 11 20092009-08-11May 22 20122012-05-22May 22 20122012-05-22May 22 20122012-05-22Exterior view of an old temple courtyard colonnade in South Indian style. A row of five grey-white pillars with orange-red capitals supports a long flat roof with a red-orange tiled edge and yellow band beneath. Behind the pillars, an ochre-yellow wall has a dark doorway, and stone stepped platform lies beneath. Small stone carved animal figures, possibly bulls, sit on the roof top, and a carved gopuram-style tower with a domed top appears at the right edge. A brick-paved courtyard floor is in the foreground. No people are visible.2012-05-22Dusk view across a long paved stone courtyard of a temple complex, with a low stone wall topped by small carved finials on the left and a row of pillared mandapa colonnades on the right. A sunset glows through clouds at the far end, with a lone palm tree silhouetted against the sky. Two or three small distant figures stand in the courtyard, silhouetted and indistinct. The scene is dark and shadowed, with the carved stone pillars of the right-hand structure in deep shade.2006-09-18August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01A photograph of an empty stone-paved temple corridor at Thiruvanaikaval, with a row of carved stone pillars on the left beneath a low roof and a tall plain sandstone wall on the right. Coconut palms rise behind the corridor under an overcast sky. A small stone lamp post stands near the right wall, and a distant pavilion with columns sits at the end of the passage. Only one tiny figure is visible far down the walkway, and no ritual or event is in progress.2009-08-01